Q: Is 21,237,496 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 21,237,496 is a composite number.

Why is 21,237,496 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 21,237,496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 56 541 701 1,082 1,402 2,164 2,804 3,787 4,328 4,907 5,608 7,574 9,814 15,148 19,628 30,296 39,256 379,241 758,482 1,516,964 2,654,687 3,033,928 5,309,374 10,618,748 and 21,237,496, with no remainder.

Since 21,237,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 21,237,496, it is a composite number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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